Rachel Katznelson-Shazar
Rachel Katznelson-Shazar (
third President of the State of Israel
.
Biography
Rachel Katznelson (later Shazar) was born in 1885 (or possibly 1888) in the city of
Israeli declaration of independence, Joseph Katznelson, a follower of Ze'ev Jabotinsky who was active in clandestine immigration activities of the Irgun, and Reuben Katznelson, who joined the Jewish Legion and became Joseph Trumpeldor's sergeant. Reuben was the father of Shulamit Katznelson and Shmuel Tamir
.
She graduated from a Russian high school with honors at the age of 18. This gave her the possibility of going to university, which was only open to a small percentage of the Jewish community. She was accepted to the St. Petersburg University to study literature and history. She also studied at the Academy for Jewish Studies in St. Petersburg, where she met her future husband, Zalman Shazar - then known as Shneur Zalman Rubashov - whom she married in 1920.
Katznelson
Labor Zionist
movement in 1905 in her hometown.
Public and political activism
In 1916, she was elected to the first Cultural Committee of the Labor Movement, alongside
Jewish Agency
executive, and ultimately as President of Israel from 1963 to 1973.
Awards and recognition
- In 1946, Katznelson-Shazar was awarded the Brenner Prize.
- In 1958, she was awarded the social sciences.[1]
- In 1968, she received the Yakir Yerushalayim (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award.[2]
See also
- List of Israel Prize recipients
- Women of Israel
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rachel Katznelson-Shazar.
- ^ "Israel Prize recipients in 1958 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012.
- ^ "Recipients of Yakir Yerushalayim award (in Hebrew)". Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. City of Jerusalem official web site
